Pirate Kingship-Chapter 764 - 489: Regicide, Usurpation, and Just Like Me

Facing his brother's wrath, Byron felt a moment of dread.

The opponent's long-established authority made him always hold a sense of reverence.

Otherwise, years ago, when Enrique IV intervened and took love away, he wouldn't have dared not to resist and obediently gave up his lover.

But since the "Puppet King" who vowed to take everything back has come this far, there is no longer any chance to retreat, nor will he continue to be the good brother he was. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"I originally didn't intend to deal with you personally, just wanted to wait for you to die of old age or sickness.

But you shouldn't have brought the 'Gulf Stream Matron' in hopes of having your own child.

Don't blame me, you owe me all of this, today you'll pay it all back!"

After ruthlessly leaving a sentence, the "Social Clock" began to operate.

Byron, who personally experienced this Sacred Relic, should have the most authority to speak on it.

In essence, it demands: a person should do what suits their age.

Birth—study—advance in school—employment—promotion—marriage—having children... all are socially accepted norms and the collective unconscious public moral standard.

It will judge whether a person has reached the important milestones of life at the appropriate time.

If not reached, various punishment mechanisms will be triggered.

Ability Effect:

"If one does not achieve corresponding life achievements within the appropriate time period, corresponding time, that is, lifespan, will be forcibly deducted.

There is nowhere to hide or escape here, armed resistance is not allowed, rebellion is heresy, countless 'other people's children' together form the standard answer to life's test.

Only by becoming such a person, can you become a qualified social person, a cog!"

Enrique IV was of noble birth, since his birth on January 5, Silver Era 1425, he was the perfect practitioner of the "Social Clock".

Everything ahead of others, naturally, would not be harmed by the social clock.

However, when the time came to Silver Era 1440, at the age of 15, Enrique IV had an accident.

Since he married his cousin, until the end of their marriage thirteen years later, they had not birthed any children, even his wife remained a virgin.

Immediately triggering the punishment mechanism.

"Rebellion! Rebellion!..."

Severe voices repeatedly echoed throughout the clock tower.

Black arms drooped from above, tearing ethereal and invisible things from Enrique IV's body one after another.

That was precisely the remaining time of his life.

At 47 years in this era, he was no longer young, and the remaining time was already limited, the effect of the punishment mechanism was far more shocking than it was on Byron at the time.

Enrique IV's already graying hair immediately transitioned to completely white, his hunched back, loose teeth, and skin sprouted age spots.

In the blink of an eye, he aged unbearably.

However, before the minute hand and hour hand met, the two of them were two parallel timelines, even if Enrique IV retained a trump card, he was simply unable to attack.

Moreover, the Kingdom of Castilia might retain more than one Zero Level Sacred Relic Fragment, but never heard of a national leader carrying a 'gun' in their own territory.

A backstabbing insider who knows all roots is the most deadly.

This is not over yet, when the minute hand reached the next time node 18 years old, 22 years old... every time Enrique IV would be punished.

On the surface, the "Incompetent" is currently 47 years old, having successively married four queens, until now only having Princess Juana.

In fact, although he married early, with many wives, at nearly fifty years old, he hadn't birthed even a single biological child.

So much so that the Kingly Title of "Incompetent" was firmly placed on his head, completely inconsistent with the social clock's requirements.

In the end, he had aged to the point where he could barely stand, leaning on the minute hand, his breath weak as thread.

Even if he could last until the time when the hour and minute hands overlapped, he probably wouldn't be able to contend with a single blow from his brother.

"Hahaha..."

Seeing his miserable state, Puppet King Louis laughed heartily, as if to vent the frustration accumulated over the years.

Suddenly feeling that compared to the previous two plans, directly resolving the person causing the problem was what he truly wanted.

Even so, Puppet King Louis still felt it was far too generous to the guy who ruined his beautiful life.

Had the action not been too rushed, he would rather seduce the current fourth sister-in-law to personally enact a splendid puppet show: "Your Majesty, it's time for your medicine."

So the useless brother could personally experience what losing a wife and everything meant.

The more miserable Enrique IV was, the happier he felt:

"Enrique, when you forcefully married Joana, taking her away from me, did you ever think you'd see this day?

Beg me, discard your pompous attitude, kneel down and beg me to spare your life, maybe I'll really give you a glimmer of hope, and leave you with one head, how about that?"

At this time, Enrique IV gradually calmed down.

He was merely "incompetent," not incapable, showing no lack of the grandeur expected of a king.

Despite being overturned by the most trusted younger brother's backstabbing, he did not grovel for mercy as ordinary people might, instead quickly accepting the miserable consequence of his misjudgment of character, and after listening to Louis's emotional tirade, a trace of comprehension appeared on his aged face:

"Joana? So Juana is your daughter.

No wonder my secretly arranged divination test kept failing, it turned out to be due to the protection from the Zero Level Sacred Relic in your hands?